Liquid-holding vessel.



J. H. WATSON.

LIQUID HOLDING VESSEL. APPLICATION FILED JAILZI, l9l3. RENEWED 0:0. 2; 19:5.

1,228,151. Patented May 29,1917.

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by reference to the accompanying drawing" JOHN E. WATSON, or cfircaeo, "ILIJIZ'N'OIS.

LIQUID-HOLDING VESSEL.

Specification of Letters Iaten't.

Patented May 29, 19 17.

Application filed January 27, 1913, Serial No. 744,330. Renewed December 2, 1915. Serial No. 64,777.

To all whom it'may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. WA'rsoN, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago,-in the county of Cook and-State of Illinois, have invented a certain; new and useful Improvement in LiquidHolding Vessels,-of which the following is afull, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

My invention relates to bottles or other vessels and has for its object the provision of means whereby liquid may be poured from the bottles but may not be supplied to thebottles.

The invention in its preferred form includes a vessel or bottle having a neckcontaining an abutment, a valve below the abutment subject, under certain conditions, to the floating or moving action of liquid whose entry within the bottle is being sought then to be closed, and an element interposed between said abutment and valve and adapted to operate by its own weight or simultaneously to engage the abutment and valve to hold the valve closed against incoming liquid when the valve is not held shut by the floating or movingaction of the incoming liquid thereupon, the element that thus cooperates with the abutment and valve to close the valve against incoming liquid permitting said valve to open when the bottle is positioned'to pour liquid'therefrom. Said tilting weight element has included in its formation a'plurality of arms with space in tervening between the same through which the liquid may pass. Thus reduction in the pour of liquid from "the bottle by the weight element is practically prevented.

I will explain my invention more fully showing the preferred embodiment thereof and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the upper portionof a bottle or receptacle equipped in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view online 3 3 of Fig. 1'; Fig. 4 isa view in elevation of some of the parts shown in section in Fig. 1 and taken at right angles to the direction in which Fig. 1 was taken;

, Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the bottle in a ouri'ng "position; and

Figs. 6 and 7 are longitudinal sections show- -ing relative locations of the parts when tilted to positions in which the liquid will not pour and showing thatthe bottle cannot berefilled when occupying such positions.

which the device of my invention permits the liquid to bepouredbutto which bottle body the device of my inventionprevents the passage of-a-new supply of liquid to prevent fraudulent substitution, The device of the inventionis, of course, absent from thebottle neck when-theoriginal contents are being supplied to the -bottle and is inserted within the bottle neck 1' after the desired quantity of liquid properly belonging in the bottle has been supplied thereto.

The device includes a valve structure COll'lprlsmg a tube 3, whose bore const tutes a valve passage for the outward flow of liquid from the bottle, and a valve 4: overlying the upper end of the tube and serving, when resting thereupon, to seal the tube. The

tube 3 is inserted withina ring 5 preferably made of co'rka nd which is cemented'to the bottle neck by a-layer of cement interposed between the ring-and thebottle neck. The valve proper is also prefera'bl-y of cork and is desirably tree to shift about within the space in which it isdisposed. An abutment 6, having an external diameter or shape such as to afford clearance between it and the bottle neck, is secured to and surrounded by a ring 7 preferably of cork, this ring being cemented to the bottle neck by a layer of cement interposed between this ring and j thebottle neck. The elements 3 and 6 are thus in fixed relation to the bottleneck, cork being the preferred material of which the securing rings 5 and. 7 are made so that irregularities within the bottle neck may he met to prevent leakage between-these rings and the bottle neck. The abutment 6 has a central or'axial bore8, lateral openings 9 above the rin '7 establishin communication between the ore 8 and t e space in the bottle neck above the ring 7 and thereby with the mouthof the-neck. The lower end of said bore opens into the bottle neck *space between the abutment 6 and the valve 4, this'f Space being sufiicient properly to reoerve a valve closing element 10 whose top portions are adapted to engage the bottom of the abutment 6 that 1s preferably. outwardly flanged at 11 for the purpose, and whose bottom portions are adapted to engage an abutment late 12 carried by the upper part of the va ve element 4 and provided with an anchoring or mountin stem 13 that enters the valve element 4, t e parts 12 and 13 forming parts of the valve. The mouth of the bottle neck may receive an ordinary cork stopper 1 which is to be removed when the liquid is to be poured from the bottle.

The valve closing element 10 includes a base portion from wlnch there projects upwardly (considering the bottle in its normal vertical position) two arms or projections 14and a third arm or projection 15. The base of the element 10 is generally cylindrical but'rounded materially where it underlies the arms and sufficiently along its lower edge so as not to stick in engagement with the plate 12 which is sufliciently smooth to permit the element 10 to slide about freely while engaging the plate and which plate is of suflicient area to prevent the element 10 from directly engaging the cork valve element 4.

There is suflicient lateral clearance between the element 10 and the bottle neck to permit the element 10 to tilt with respect to the bottle neck when the bottle is inclined, the distance longitudinally of the bottle neck effectively spanned by this element when tilted to a position where its weight does not hold the valve shut or where the valve is not floated or moved shut by the liquid whose entry is sought exceeding the distance spanned thereby when not tilted whereby said element 10 then simultaneously engages the abutment 6 and valve 4 tohold the valve shut. In general appearance the arms 14 and 15 are separated'portions of an inverted truncated cone with the arms 14 terminating materially higher than the arm 15, substantially to span the gap between the abutment 6 and valve 4 to hold the valve shut when the bottle is shaken while upright, as will later appear. The spaces separating the arms prevent the tilting weight element from materially obstructing or reducing the pour. That is the arms 14 and 15, because of the higher reach of the arms 14, give to the structure, of which these arms form a part, unequal dimensions longitudinally of such structure. The single arm 15 acts as a weight which preponderates over the weight of the arms 14 whereby when the bottle is put in any inclined position in which the element 10 will not of its own weight close the valve 4, or in which the valve will not float' shut, such element 10 will simultaneously engage the abutment 6 and the valve 4 then to close the valve.

It has now been made clear that when the bottle is sufficiently inverted to cause the weight 10 to move away from the valve tube 3 liquid cannot be forced into the bottle owing to the floating action (reinforced by the pressure upon the liquid) thereof upon the cork valve 4 that occasions the closure of the valve, and that when the bottle is tilted at other angles the cork valve is prevented from moving from its seat by the element 10 that then simultaneously engages the portion 6 (acting as a fixed abutment) and the plate 12 in fixed relation to the valve. A tilted position of the bottle in which the weighted element 10 does not necessarily operate to close the valve, but in which the valve is closed by the floating action of liquid (which is reinforced by the pressure upon the liquid) whoseforced entry within the bottle is being attempted is shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Tilted positions of the bottle in which the element 10 operates as a distance preserving valve holding medium in simultaneous engagement with the abutment 6 and the valve 4 in its closed position is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. Thus by the construction illustrated the weight 10 will permit the valve to open when.the bottle is brought to a pouring position and in such position the valve 4 will alone be closed by the floating action of the liquid whose forced admission to the bottle is sought; but I do not limit myself to a structure in which th'evalve will not be floated shut when the bottle is not in positions similar to pouring positions, it being the main object of my invention to have the valve held shut by the device 10 when it is not floated shut by the action of liquid admitted from without the bottle to the bottle neck, such floating action performing the valve closing function with the bottle in certain positions, the element 10 holding the valve 4 shut under other conditions.

It will be observed that the space intervening between the arms 14 and the abutment 6 when the bottle is substantially upright is slight, so that the valve 4 cannot be effectively shaken from its seat when the bottle is shaken while upright, a result that is further assured since the element 10 will tilt when shaken simultaneously to engage the abutment and valve. That is, the tilting weight element is higher upon one side than the other thereby so closely to approach the abutment at its hifgher side as to prevent material opening 0 the valve when the vessel is shaken whlle the vessel is substantially upright. It need hardly be added that the valve will not unclose when the bottle is shaken while occupying other positions.

The elements 3, 6, 10, 12 and 13 are desirably made of rcelain.

While I have erein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited 13o to the precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following g 1. A vessel having a passage for the flow of liquid between its interior and exterior and including a passage opening and closing valve capable of being moved by liquid Whose entry Within the vessel is sought to close it and free bodily to shift in said passage; an abutment in said passage above and spaced apart from said valve; and a bodily shiftable tilting weight element in the space between the abutment and valve having a base portion for engagement with the top of the valve and arms projecting upwardly and outwardly from opposite sides of said base portion and adapted for engagement with the abutment, said weight element having such dimensions as to per mit it to have simultaneous valve closing engagement with the abutment and valve when the vessel is tilted to positions in which liquid whose entry is sought will not close the valve and which will permit the valve to be unseated when the vessel is tilted to a pouring position, said weight element having an arm to cooperate with the abutment to prevent material upward movement of the tilting element and there by of the valve when the vessel is upright.

2. A vessel having a passage for the flow of liquid between itsinterior and exterior and including a passage opening and closing valve capable of being moved by liquid Whose entry within the vessel is sought to close it and free bodily to shift in said passage; an abutment in said passage above and spaced apart from said valve; and a bodily shiftable tilting weight element in the space between the abutment and valve and having such dimensions as to permit it to have simultaneous valve closing engagement with the abutment and valve when the vessel is tilted to positions in which liquid whose entry is sought will not close the valve and which will permit thQvalve to be unseated when the vessel is tilted to a pouring position, said tilting weight element being higher upon one side than the other to cooperate with the abutment to prevent material opening of the valve when the vessel is upright.

3. A vessel having a passage for the flow of liquid between its interior and exterior and including a passage opening and closing valve capable of being moved by liquid whose entry within the vessel is sought to close it and free bodily to shift in said passage; an abutment in said passage above and spaced apart from said valve; and a bodily shiftable tilting weight element in the space between the abutment and valve and having such dimensions as to permit it to have simultaneous valve closing engagement with the abutment and valve when the vessel is tilted to positions in which liquid whose entry is sought will not close the valve and which will permit the valve to be unseated when the vessel is tilted to a pouring position, said tilting weight element also having a dimension which permits it closely to approach the abutment when the vessel is upright thereby to prevent material upward movement of the tilting element and thereby of the valve, said tilting weight element having spaced apart arms included in its formation permitting the operation of the tilting weight element without material reduction in the pour.

a. A vessel having a passage for the flow of liquid between its interior and exterior and including a passage opening and closing valve capable of being moved by liquid whose entry within the vessel is sought to close it and free bodily to shift in said passage; an abutment in said vpassage above and spaced apart from said valve; and a bodily shiftable tilting weight element in the space between the abutment and valve and having such dimensions as to permit it to have simultaneous valve closing engagement with the abutment and valve when the vessel is tilted to positions in which liquid whose entry is sought will not close the valve and which. will permit the valve to be unseated when the vessel is tilted to a pouring position, said tilting weight element also having a. dimension which permits it closely to approach the abutment when the vessel is upright then to prevent material upward movement of the tilting element and thereby of the valve, said tilting weight element having spaced apart arms included in the formation of its upper portion to permit of the operation of the tilting weight element without material reduction in the pour.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this twenty fourth day of January A. D., 1913.

JOHN H. WATSON.

Witnesses:

ETTA L. WHITE, G. L. CRAGG.

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